Fey’s view from the right: Socialism

Saturday

Nov 2, 2013 at 2:00 AM

By Martin Fey

Socialism was originally planted in an unoccupied corner of the American economic garden, filling the neglected charity niche with attractive foliage and flowers. But like exotic Kudzu, it has begun creeping over the more productive plants, stealing their nutrients and blocking the sunlight they need to thrive.

Now it seems impossible to put this invasive ideology back in its corner. Too many Americans, beguiled by the pretty flowers, don’t see the damage. Socialism is simply legalized theft. It gives to some by taking from others, usually a minority. Traditionally, that minority has been the wealthy, but that’s changed in President Obama’s version.

Long-term impact

His brand of socialism takes from the unborn, the young, the working classes and the strivers, and it gives the fruits of their labor to the poor. The poor return the favor with their votes, which keeps the gravy flowing, and they become more numerous as the Obama economy wilts.

The established rich, who owe no taxes on previously compiled wealth and who invest in tax-free bonds, remain relatively untouched by Obama’s redistribution. Sometimes they even get their own handouts, in the form of corporate socialism and other tax breaks.

Liberals argue that Obamacare can’t be socialism, because it uses private insurance companies to accomplish its goals. So let’s call it economic fascism, where government pulls the strings on 15 percent of the economy while it gets a nice piece of the action.

But the redistributive principle is still there. Higher insurance payments from the young are redistributed to their wealthier elders in the form of lower premiums.

Who pays later?

The same holds for Obama’s stimulus spending and the recent sharp increase in spending on social programs. The borrowed money is paid by the young and the unborn, and that debt will make their own borrowing needs impossible to fulfill.

Marx, the father of modern socialism, painted an alluring picture of what would happen when the socialist dream was realized. With the workers sharing the money that once went to capitalists, they could pursue playing the violin and other cultural interests they supposedly desired.

Marx’s naivety was echoed in 2010 by then-Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi. She suggested that musicians and other creative types will be free to leave their jobs under Obamacare, because taxpayers will foot their health insurance bills while they focus on their “passions.”

If 20-somethings take Pelosi up on her suggestion, who’s going to subsidize my insurance premiums?

Martin Fey, a member of the Quiet Corner Tea Party Patriots, can be reached at uniboardcorp@msn.com.